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DOMESTICATE

/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/11 letters

Definition of DOMESTICATE

verb

To make domestic.

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Where it comes from

First attested in 1620; either borrowed from Middle French domestiquer (Modern French domestiquer) or directly from Medieval Latin domesticātus, perfect passive participle of domesticō (“to domesticate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, domestic + -ate.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
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Boards found on
106
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

kathaclysm

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DOMESTICATE
11
Letters
5
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DOMESTICATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

COMEDIETTAS

Words that start DOMESTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DOMESTICDOMESTICSDOMESTICALDOMESTICISEDOMESTICITYDOMESTICIZEDOMESTICALLYDOMESTICATEDDOMESTICATESDOMESTICATINGDOMESTICATIONDOMESTICITIES

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